Gym Gear Usage Advice & Recommendations

[ungod]

This might be a strange query (hopefully not!) but I'd really appreciate any advice.

I'm trying to get back into training to lose around a stone of fat, increase overall fitness, and possibly put on a bit of muscle down the line.

The only regular training I do at the moment is 1.5 hours of Wing Chun Kung Fu on Thursday from 19:30 to 21:00.

The other training I plan on doing is as follows:

Cardio
Monday to Friday 06:45 - 07:30

Weights
Monday, Wednesday 18:30 - 19:30
Saturday morning/afternoon

I'm OK with training regimes, workouts, etc. But where I'm stuck is on how much gym gear I need, and how much use I should get out of it between washing it. E.g., unless I sweat worse than Christy Moore, should I use the same gear for a morning and evening gym session and then chuck it in the wash, or should I chuck it in the wash after one use?

I'm curious what other people do in relation to this.

Also if anybody could give any recommendations into the best type/brand of sports wear to use. I understand that a lot of it is down to personal preference, but I'm curious as to whether e.g., shorts or tracksuit bottoms are preferred for cardio or weights sessions, certain types of socks (e.g. 1000 mile socks) are better at preventing blisters for long sessions on the treadmill etc.

Please post on this if you have any advise.

Cheers, Mel

 

[ungod]

If mel is short for melanie

It's not. Proof

then you probably shouldn't worry about your parcel, I would suggest a decent sports bra though.

Luckily I'm not that much overweight that I need to use one but if it gets to that stage I'll borrow the wifes!

Thanks for the replies. I know it was a strange question to start with.

I'm sorted with good runners having Asics GT-2100 and Kayano X. Now to put them to good use.

I have some Coolmax Ts, so I'll just stock up with lots more and a lot of cheap tracksuit bottoms. That should do the trick...and keep wifey busy with all the washing!